Cree vs. Metis: What's the Difference?

A member of a Native American people inhabiting a large area from eastern Canada west to Alberta and the Great Slave Lake. Formerly located in central Canada, the Cree expanded westward and eastward in the 17th and 18th centuries, the western Cree adopting the Plains Indian life and the eastern Cree retaining their woodland culture.

The satellite of Jupiter that is closest to the planet.

The Algonquian language of the Cree.

A person of mixed racial ancestry.

A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada

Often Métis A person of mixed Native American and French Canadian ancestry.

The Algonquian language spoken by the Cree people

A person of mixed-race ancestry.

(US) A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.

(knowledge management) Practical intelligence; street smarts.

Of mixed heritage

Of Métis heritage.

The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.

The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon.

A half-breed of white and Indian parentage